Mmtday, February 12, 1973 CLARK AIR FORCE BASE For lite first of A , nerica's ret11r11i11g POW's - freedo"' at last - as you ltave lreard by now. TIiey arrived today at Clark Air Force Base in tlte Pltilit,i,aes - o,ae ltundred forty two. i,a all,· wltere llley, of course, were given a •elco•• - o,se tllat was also i11tensley emoUo,.al. Hundreds a,ad ltu,edreds of Air Force t,erso11J1el .,.,, llteir wives a,ed cllildre,e - formiflg a11 u,eofficial welco•iflg t,arty. Cl,a,.ti,eg over a,ad over; "•elcome llo•• - •• co•• llome." Dist,layi11g sig,es ••ell as; "God loves yo• - •• love you." Clteeri11g eacll ma,a as lie ca,,.e dow,e Ille ra•t,. N"mber o,ee 011 Ille list - Navy Cat,tai,e .Teremiall Denton of Mobile, Alabama; •Ila served as official spokesma,s - for tl,e first of three r,lafle loads of me11 released i11 Hafloi. "We are l,011ored," said lie - "to llave had tlle opt,ortunity to serve are country - ""der dif/icr,lt coJ1ditions. We are t,rofoundly grateful" - lie co,atiJ111ed CLARK AIR FORCE BASE - 2 "to our Commander-in -Cltief a11d to our 11atior1 for tl,i• day." And then he added: "God Bless America." The s"okesman for tlte second "la,ee - Air Force Colonel Roblnso11 Risner of Mammo11tl, springs, Arka"•••· Tl,e pris 011e rs reaction to freedom - said lee - "almost too ,0011derf1,l to ex(>ress. " "011 bellalf of Ille otl,er me•" lie •••I on - "I'd like to tlla,ek Ille Presldeat a,ed tit• America• t,•o,I• for brlngl,eg •• llome agal11. " Next - Navy Cat,tain Jame• Mulllga,e of P•••lcola, Florida; ,ol,o tlia11lled 1101 o•ly tl,e Preslde,el - b•t alao - possible." "It laas bee• our t>rlvilege" - lte added - "lo serve America[ tleese ma,ay days." Later on, tlte arrival of tlte ftrst (>lane load of ' prisoners wleo lead been lteld in Soutle Vlet11am. In co11trast to tleose held ,,. tlle north - a"peari,ag generally weak and haggard. Some lauglled - some cried. Army Captal,a Geor. a long time." t,anat speaking for one and all - when he said; "It's bee11 - a A FAMILIES Meanwhile, the joy expressed at Clark Air Force Baae - ,~as spilling over into hi,ndreds of homes here t,1 Ille u. S. Wi es and Children, Motlaers and Fatllers, family a11d frl•,ul• - all watclab1g on TV - all rejoicing at Ille siglat of tlelr lo v ed ones once agai11 ; and tlen better yet - tallli11g to Ila•• once agai11 by plaone. Mrs. Mario1t p,.rc•ll - tl,e wife of Lieul•a11I Robert Purcell - telli1tg 1,er 1,,.sba11d; "I saw yo• 011 TV- yo• ••r• beautiful." TIie first word from seve11 year old Ca"' L•rle -1 to Ats fat,,er, Lieute,aant Colo1tel Ala11 Lurie; "Bi Dad, wlae• are we going fisl,ing?" Mrs. Leah Black talkhag to la•r •011 - Sargeant Art••r Black - for ,,,e first lime ,,. sev•• Y••r•, iohereuflon she exclaimed tlat sl,e was "way past cloud ,ai,ael" PENTAGON Al the same lime, a special message to tire rel11r,ai,ag men - from Defense Secretar Elliot Richarson. "Everyo,ae in v ol ed in operation homecoming" - said lie - "is ready to do e v erything possible to assist you and your families. Yo• ca,r also be certai,a" - lie conth,ued - "tllat 111e •ill 1101 r••I until all lllose still lleld c ' at,live are safe - a11d 11,alll • • 1•11 achieved tlle best possible accountiJtg for tllose mlssl111 I• actio,r.' RiclrardsoJt adding: "We are glad lo lrave yo11 bacltl TIie prayers of yo11r ,aalio,r co,ati1111e to be •illl yo11 ! " SAN CLEMENTE Through all of this, President Nixon was attempHng to maintain a loic Profile - as he had earlier s•td lie 10o11ld. The President restricting himself to a fe'W brief remarta almost incidental lo a scheduled picture-taking sessio11. T•• retur11i,ag prisoners had "made peace witlr lro11or possible" - said he. Adding that their ordeal - "was ,aot ;,. vai11." B• a I so called 011 fell ow Americans - to greet tire ret1tr11i11g • • • not wltl, Ja11fare, . . , but willr quiet respect." A11d tlre11 a tele1>lro11e call - from the same Colo11el Risur I me11tio,aed earlier, lie was calll11g - Ire said - to thank tire Presitle11t for "gettl11g us out of Nortlr Viet11••·" Colo11el Risner also q11oted as sayi11g: "All tire me11 10o11ltl like to meet y ou t,erso11ally - and express tit eir gratitude for what y ou' v e doJte . " Wllere111>011 tire Preside11t ret>lied - I hat "nothing wou Id mean more to me. ;, Th. e Pres ide11 t also calling this - "one of the most mo v i,ag experie11ces I lra v e e v er had." CAIRO For the second straight day - rioting in Cairo. Today's v ioleJ1ce comiJ1g about - w lle,a ,,olice attem,,ted to pre ve" t a s tude,e t ,narc I, from Cairo U,a ive rs ity to t•e center of to.,,.. Students from J1earby A i11 Slla ms U,alvera ity tlre,i jolJ1i,ag ht. Officials later re1'ortiJ1g "large "••6•r•" of i,ajured - n,ostly 1'oltce. All t•ls - .,e are told - a direct reactioR to •6YJI'• coJ1tiR11iRg 1'olicy - of ",ao .,ar, 110 -peace" - .,ill, l•r•el. TEL A VIV Re v erse side - Tel Aviv - a report today tlaat Israel had rebuilt all its B-ritisla made Ce,aturio,a ta,aks. Ge•eral Haim Domi sayi,ag that said tanks - llave ,aoao bee11 eqs,it,t,ed witll America,a e,agines, tra,asmissio,as, a11d so o,a; •itll tlae result tlaat today tlaey laave more speed, more firet,o•er, more reliability, more efficiency - a,ad abos,t twice tl,e f>revious ra,age. General Dami addi,ag, i,a slaort tlaey are better titan a,ay Soviet made ta,alt t,rese,atly i,a Arab l,a,ads. E.Js,ally imt,orta,at - aoe llear - Ille e%t,erie,ace gained i,a t,roduci,ag "upgraded Ce,aturio11s." Ge,aeral Do•i saying this has moved rsrael a stet, closer - to ma,a•facl•ri,a its o•n tanks; to becomi11g, as lie,,,., it - "militarily s elf-s u/fic ient. BELFAST In Nortltern Ireland - anotlrer tlrreat of a Britisla Army crackdown. Protestant leaders were tlr"s cot,yt,ag today - tire t,re vtous ac Hons of IRA terrorist gro,,ps. Ordertag tlaetr members to go ""dergro1u1d; also, ••lli11g ufl a d"al comma11d structure - ,,. order to ass11re l•••tll•I• replaceme11t for Jailed leaders, if afld .,,..,.. PARIS-BONN Tlte world's major money markets were closed today - in tire face of anotller global dollar crisis. For America•• tr a v el ht g in Euro I> e , t II o u g 1, - t 1, e too rs t had already 6 e gu,. • Ma . ny hotels,• Pa restaurants and otller busiNesses - •llavl111i as mucll a• tl1ey could off tlle val11e of tlle U.S. dollar; 111 We•t Germa,ay, for examt,le - an average out of abo•t Jo•r t,er ce11t ; i11 Fra11ce - ufl to tllirtee11 t,erceJ1t. T"is - comiNg i,r Ille midst of iJ1ter11atio11al cri•I• talks. U.S. Treasury U,edersecretary Paul Volclter coJ1ferri11g ht Paris will, Ille fiflartce mi,aisters of BrltaiN, France, . , , Germa11y, a11d Italy; later flyi,ag to B01111 - for additional talks "'"" Jat,a,aese fiscal ext,erts. SARASOTA From Sarasota Florida comes word today - 11,at death has claimed one of America's great journalists. David La u 1 re "c e - t I, e founder and editor of U. S • News and World Re/)ort ; also a syndicated col11mnist and a frlertd of m irte for more tl,an fifty years since World War I. David Lawrertce scoring llis first rteN1s beat - or, lite death of Grover Clevela,ed - wllile still a stude,rt at Prirtceto,e. Tl,is •nabling 1,im to get a Job - will, 11,e Associated Press in Wasllir,gto,e. Witl,i,a six years - lee lead his own column. As noted.,.,,. "Who's Wl,o" - 11,e "first Washington disf>atch to be Sy11dicated natio,,ally by wire." That same year, Ire also founded the magaaine - tlaal would someday become U. s. News. Mergi11g it some lloe,cly y ears later - witll anotller of Iris creations, World Report. The resulting 1>ublf.cation - eventually building a circulation of nearly two million; much of vhich was credited - to 1,is own regular signed editorial comment. The v iews he exf>ressed - well, he was Wilson SARASOTA - 2 Democrat - a friend of Woodrow Wilson, accom,,a,aied him lo the Versailles Peace Confere,ace. He devised an 11ltra-liberal stock-bor111s t,lan, thereby allo•i11g Ills maga•ine - to become em,,loyec owned. A Liberal- Co,iservattve he never lost lais faitlt in tlae U.S. - t,erlaat,s best expressed in a colum11 just a fe• years ago. "Tlaere'• a lot tltat's 11Jro,ag 11Jitla America" - said Dave - "bul notlti,ag tlaal can't, in due time, be cured; if tlae majority of llae citize11s - make up tlaeir mi,eds to act logetleer. Now -the final entry. David Lawre11ce - age elglaly- fo11r. CLEVELAND Cle eland, Ohio - the c1tief of U. s. Naval operatio,as - guest speaker at a meeting of the America,e Bar Association. Admiral Elmo Zumwalt telli,eg how he was (Jllotogra(Jhed a few weeks ago - kissing Admiral Arle,ee Duerk, the firsl woman ever to achieve flag ra,sk. Zumtoalt going 011 to say - lie later received a letter from a form•r Ass is tan t Secretary of tire Navy . Tire latter sayl,eg lie ,aever tho11glrt he would see the day - "wllen Ille Cltief oJ Naval Or,eratio,es would kiss a11 Admiral. " Zumwalt addi,eg, llowever - 11,e quickly replied witli a letter of his own. The Navy Chief telli11g ltis ex-S11t,ervisor: "Dear Boss, } ' Ou should leave recalled tllat nobody reaclles h ! place I'm at - 1oithout kissing a lot oJ Admirals." WALDORF The newst chief at the Waldorf in New York twenty-eight year old Leslie Arp. That's Mrs. Ar1' the first 1ooman cheJ in the Waldorf's Jorty-t.,o year history; who also calls herself - •~a very slro,eg roonu,,e's liberationist;" explai,eing, in 1'art - lier ,ee,o 1>rofessio11. "It always seemed very strange to me" - says Mrs. Ar/> - "that women were at home cooki11g a11d weren't she getting paid Jor H." So, ft11ally toolt it 111'011 IIP.rselJ - •11• goes on - to bring about as site put it "more oJ a ble,ading and melting in thts area." Mrs. Ar/> specialized in Jish dishes sucll as snail~ and red sauce, poached bass, lobster newburg and coquilles Saint-Jacques. And which oJ tllese in hardest to ma/le? None - says Mrs. Arp. With the ego typical oJ fine clieJs - adding, in eJJect: "Once you've made one - you've made them all."